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MasterCard buys Europay

July 9, 2002 - 12:00am

Waterloo, Belgium – The conversion of MasterCard International into a private share corporation and its merger with Europay International have been completed, creating a unified, shareholder-owned global payments...

Banking

Mastercard members okay conversion to share corporation

June 23, 2002 - 12:00am

PURCHASE, New York – At a special meeting last week, MasterCard International’s principal members approved, by an overwhelming majority, the company’s conversion to a private share corporation in connection...

Business

Mastercard issues 100-M cards

November 6, 2001 - 12:00am

MasterCard International and Europay International have reached a key milestone on the road to global smart card adoption. As of third quarter, MasterCard and Europay’s member financial institutions have issued...

Banking

MasterCard growth up 22% in 2000

May 15, 2001 - 12:00am

MasterCard International has generated $857 billion in gross dollar volume (GDV) in 2000 for a 21.5 percent increase over 1999. For the fourth quarter alone GDV rose 19 percent to $231 billion, marking the seventh...

Banking